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So is there an answer to this? Can the trash folder be moved to a different drive? I tried creating a symlink but I get an error "invalid cross device link" when I try to delete any file.

Cheers,...

At boot time on my Acer Aspire One D255 netbook, it seems the driver module for the SD card reader is failing to operate early enough. Every time I boot, I get an error message "The disk drive for...

Rick,

Thanks so much for the response. You have got me out of trouble. Tinkering with the file ~/.fluxbox/keys fixed the problem. I created one with 'factory settings' by temporarily renaming my...

Bump again. Sorry to whine but I'm surprised there is not more reaction to this post. The problem is significant enough for me to look at an alternative to Ubuntu. Are there any Fluxbox enthusiasts...

Bump. This glitch seems very significant to me. Are there Fluxbox enthusiasts using Ubuntu 12.04 who do not have this problem? There might be some mileage in discussing setups. My hardware is an Acer...

Following installation of Ubuntu 12.04 over a previous install of 10.04, I have found odd behaviour in the Fluxbox windows manager. If I 'tab' two windows together (as one can in Fluxbox) I cannot...

Ringo, why not just create a directory on the live USB for transferring your files? That's exactly what I do with a live USB (with Hardy not Intrepid, and created using Unetbootin, so it's not quite...

I have an external drive with partitions which I currently auto-mount by including the following (indicative) line in fstab:

LABEL=LaCie2 /media/LaCie2 ext3 users 0 2
The (minor) problem with...

Love it, Krazykookmany! +1

Also +1 for Kerry: "got to send the junk some where".

Cheers, Pat

I can only say that Hotmail has some advantages as outlined in my earlier post. Plus, I've been using it for years - why would I lightly change my email address now? To me, the pertinent question is...

Not offended at all, Saint Angeles, just baffled.

We cannot ignore the fact that Hotmail still holds a surprising proportion (including me) of the mainstream webmail market (I'm thinking of...

Coldcoffee, the way you describe it, this has nothing to do with your fstab. The usb drive should at least try to boot before it reads (or creates in memory) a fstab file.

I am presuming you are...

Yes, that's true. And Psychocats comes to the rescue again: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome

Hope this helps.

Cheers, Pat.

Thanks for posting the data, Herman.

The same thought has been running through my mind. One little thing I have done is to execute the following script before each shutdown:

date >>...

Inspired by Herman, I have collected a bit more specific information on disk writes for the Acer Aspire One with an 8 GB Intel® Z-P230 PATA Solid-State Drive.

Some background:
I have set up my...

Thanks for the resourceful and thoughtful coverage Herman.

I think a generic how-to on "Ubuntu on SSDs" would be quite timely. I agree with your point about looking at the particular brand and...

Audacity if you want a gui.

Cheers, Pat.

Also Peter, if it's of any use, a useful Australian has written a useful guide to ssh at:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/p11.htm

Cheers, Pat.

Zalibidas, the short answer is yes, if your drive has adequate space. I would suggest you format the new partition as fat32 for now but that may only reflect my lack of experience with Windows and...

Try this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=89491

Also look into 'readahead' if you do not have it installed already.

Cheers, Pat.

Welcome to the forums, CountyPyr. There are quite a few questions here.

Desktop icons are easy in Gnome (and I believe KDE) as are Keyboard shortcuts (System > Preferences > Keyboard shortcuts)...

Okay Noogs. Let us know how it goes after you reboot. If it's not mounted automatically or anything, please post the errors you get from:

sudo mount -a
Cheers, Pat.

Thanks, Noogs. It all seems quite fixable. The first steps are to back up your fstab, make a directory to mount your second drive (and let's avoid spaces in file names here) and then to edit your...

Yes, that's right Andy. The link given by Wannadump seems quite comprehensive.

Covered by that link I think.

Not so much Linux as Gnome I think, or perhaps Debian/Ubuntu. I remember another...

Sorry Noogs, could you also post the output of

sudo blkid
Cheers, Pat.